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Risk Response
Probab
ility
0.5
0.9
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
Impac
t
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.7
0.7
0.5
Risk Score
0.15
0.27
0.03
0.21
0.21
0.15
Risk
Ranki
ng
5
2
8
4
4
5
Change of Management
Negative Stakeholders
Power Shortage
0.1
0.1
0.7
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.07
0.03
0.21
7
8
4
Staff Reassignment
Legal Issues
Incompatibility with External
Interfaces
Misunderstanding University
Processes
0.3
0.1
0.7
0.9
0.21
0.09
4
6
0.3
0.7
0.21
0.3
0.8
0.24
Substandard Materials
Fast Technological
Advancement
Change of price of
Equipment or materials
0.3
0.7
0.21
0.5
0.3
0.15
0.5
0.7
0.35
Risk
Delayed Deliveries
Natural Disasters
Bankruptcy
Compromised Security
Defective Equipment
Team member calls in sick
Risk
Category
Risk Response
Seek alternative suppliers
Plan suspension of work
Loan/File for bankruptcy
Trigger
Negligence
Mother nature
Risk Owner
Malicious Individual
Factory Defects, Misuse
Health
Run maintenance
Get substitute
Learn to adapt to new
management
Business decisions
Use generators
Training Sessions
Legal Process
Check hardware/ Review
source code
Meeting with respective
departments
Contact supplier or demand
refund
Adjust respective
technologies or processes
Adjust Cost management
Plan
Electrical Issues
Human resource related
reasons
Negative Stakeholder
Defective / Outdated
equipment
Unclear documentation /
Human error
Error in Purchase order or
Intentionally given by
manufacturer
Development of Country
Surplus in Materials /
inflation
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Risk: The risk stated in a complete sentence which states the cause of the
risk, the risk, and the effect that the risk causes to the project.
Risk Category: Categorization of risks by area of project affected, source
of risk or other useful category.
Probability: The likelihood that a risk or opportunity will occur (on a scale
from 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest).
Impact: The impact of the risk on the project if the risk occurs (scale from 0
to 10 with 10 being the highest).
Risk Score: Determined by multiplying probability and impact (scale from
0 to 100).
Risk Ranking: A priority list which is determined by the relative ranking of the risks (by their scores)
within the project with the number one being the highest risk score.
Risk Response: The action which is to be taken if this risk occurs.
Trigger: Something which indicates that a risk is about to occur or has
already occured.
Risk Owner: The person who the project manager
assigns to watch for triggers, and manage the risk
response if the risk occurs.
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Event
Rationale
Kickoff Meeting
Introduce the project team Once
and the project. Review
project objectives.
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Project Team
Stakeholders
Status meeting
To show project progress
to stakeholders
Weekly
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Project Team
Stakeholders
Updates to
organizational process
assets.
Budget report
To track costs and adjust
spending accordingly
Biweekly
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Project Team
Budget report to be
emailed to
stakeholders and
update to Cost
Management Plan
Individual Project
Team meetings
Resolve conflicts,
misunderstandings,
clarifications and discuss
work progress
Daily
Project Team
Update to work
progress and project
documents
Contact Material
Suppliers
To ensure timely and
complete delivery of
materials to be used
Monthly
Project Manager
Suppliers
Purchase Order, budget
updates, contracts,
shipment documents
Deliverable
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Daily for one
month
Project Manager
Admin
Faculty
Staff
OPA update
Security Department To know protocols in
Briefing
handling the new system
and to lessen expectation
gaps
Daily for one
week
Project Manager
Security
Updates to OPA, new
security manual.
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How to integrate Identity
into university processes
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Management
Meeting
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